intemperate

英 [ɪnˈtempərət]

美 [ɪnˈtempərət]

adj.  放纵的; 无节制的; 酗酒的

BNC.34560 / COCA.28682

牛津词典

adj.

• 放纵的；无节制的
  showing a lack of control over yourself
  1. intemperate language
     过激的言语
• 酗酒的
  regularly drinking too much alcohol

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无节制的;过度的;过激的
  If you describe someone's words asintemperate, you are critical of them because they are too forceful and uncontrolled.
  1. The tone of the article is intemperate.
     文章的语气过激了。
  2. ...the unwisely intemperate language of the party chairman.
     该党主席愚蠢失当的言辞

英英释义

adj

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  1. a hard drinker
  Synonym:hardheavy
• excessive in behavior
  1. intemperate rage
• (of weather or climate) not mild
  1. an intemperate climate
  2. intemperate zones

双语例句

• The style was hurried, the tone intemperate.
  匆促的笔调，放纵的语气。
• His intemperate remarks got him into trouble.
  他言语肆无忌惮，惹出了是非。
• She slammed books, made some intemperate comments, and quickly left the conference room.
  她把书摔在桌子上，说了一些过激的话，然后快步离开会议室。
• I was intemperate in my youth.
  年轻时我很放纵。
• The tone of the article is intemperate.
  文章的语气过激了。
• But it just could be a sign of the kind of intemperate policies many hope a future Libya will avoid, and what help now could prevent.
  但是，这可能正是一种过激政策的迹象，很多人希望未来的利比亚能避免出现这样没有节制的政策，也希望现在提供的支持能避免发生这种问题。
• Since the late 1970s, massive and intemperate exploitation of groundwater in the whole irrigation district induced by population explosion and barren land reclaim are the main cause of high rate of soil salinization and sandy desertification.
  结果表明，人口膨胀、大面积开荒等导致的大规模、无节制地开采地下水，造成地下水水位下降、水质恶化，是30多年来民勤盆地土壤盐碱化、沙漠化迅速发展主要原因。
• Who is that intemperate and brutal man whom we would redeem?
  谁是那我们应该去挽救的纵欲无度的残暴的人？
• The governor said he would not be provoked into intemperate action.
  总督说他不会受人挑拨而采取过激行为。
• His intemperate ambition will bring him disastrous failure.
  他过度的野心会给他带来灾难性的失败。